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NATO Adds ISR Assets and Air‑Defence Frigate to Baltic Mission After Denmark Drone Incidents

Baltic leaders are pressing for a move from air policing to full air defence with clearer rules of engagement.

Overview

  • NATO said the Baltic Sentry mission will be reinforced with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms and at least one air‑defence frigate.
  • The Danish Armed Forces reported unidentified drones near military installations overnight following a week of incursions targeting airports and critical sites.
  • Copenhagen Airport halted operations for hours on Monday after large drones entered its airspace, and five smaller Danish airports were also temporarily closed in subsequent days.
  • Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics called for transforming Baltic air policing into a formal air defence mission, as Lithuania advances a proposal to add ground‑based systems and sensors.
  • Estonia’s claim of a Russian MiG‑31 airspace violation remains contested by Moscow, and NATO has launched the separate Eastern Sentry operation after earlier drone incursions into Polish airspace.